The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-22

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A noteworthy thing about those mills is
that when trade is dull their owners are
uniformly animated by an intense. desire
to avoid Sunday labor, but as soon as trade
becomes brisk they would keep running
eight days if there were that many in the
week. These mill-owners are of course,
Col. Rowland, of the 9th Congress
sional district, has been compelled to re-
turn home from Washington on account
of failing health. The people Of the
Wholesale will regret to learn this, for
he was a man devoted to the people of
his State, and especially to those who
elected him to this honorable position of
trust. We sincerely trust he will soon be
restored to health again.
Listen, we men who have tobacco to
sell! There was never so much Tobacco
coming to Raleigh before as now and the
prices are above the average, every one
goes away well pleased with the price re-
ceived. Mr.: T, B. Mosley, the Manager
of Stronachs's Warehouse, said that the
tobacco market here reminded him of the
Durham market, every thing1was so brisk
and the buyers SO anxious to buy.
We are grateful for the many kind
letters received daily in regard to our
paper, and also for the generous aid of
our friends throughout the State in ex-
tending its circulation. Many, many
thanks, dear friends. The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER ought to have 10000 subscribers
before the of the year 1889. Will it get
them? 1t depends on the effort made by
it's friends. We intend to do our full
part.
We were pleased to have a call from
Mr.. R. NJ. Bell, of the U. s. Department
Of Agriculture, and representing the Blu
reau of Animal Industry. He is max
ing a tour of the States to collect all
reliable data in regard to sheep husbandry,
with the view of making an elaborate re-
port on the same. The law requires our
Board of Agriculture to foster this great
interest, and we trust Mr.. Bell was
favored with much valuable information
on the subject by Commissioner Robinson.
The Fayetteville Ne,vs Of December
18th says: "Mr. Chas. A. Goodwin, pro-
prietor of the Raleigh Marble Works, has
peer in the city for the past few days,
erecting work in his line. One O
ment was erected over the resting place
Of Mr.. d. A. Ray; another to Mr.. John
Shaw. Nor is this all the work Mr.. Good
win has accomplished in III city. Evil
dences of his skill dot both our cemeteries
and speak more highly of his workman
ship than can we. AS for his work, it
speaks for itself"
The PROGRESSIVE FARMFR may fail,
but it will not be on the rock which has
stranded so many papers in our State and
in the South. We have set out to give
our people a good paper-one that is well
worth their money, and to demonstrate,
even in these hard times, that a North
Carolina paper can succeed on a strictly
cash basis, and zoe are going to do it. We
find it suits our patrons better. Our rule
is to take no subscriber except for cash,
and when his time expires we notify him.
and if we do not hear from him, we stop
the paper. This rule suits our patrons
and it suits us.
A report from the Bureau Of Agri-
culture at Washington gives some figures
that should put our people to thinking.
The farmers everywhere. seem to have
fallen victims to the mortgage system. It
says that Is per cent. of the farms in
Ohio are under mortgage; in Michigan,
25 per cent; i'll Indiana, IS per cent; in
Illinois, 33 per cent; in Missouri, % per
cent, and in Kansas at least so per cent
Nearly all Of these mortgages are held by
Eastern capitalists, who have had agents
in all the cities, towns and villages to lend
money, at high rates of interest, to the
farmers. And so it goes.
We see that the Florida Alliance has
made arrangements by which the mem
bers of the order in that State buy their
goods at wholesale prices from the mer-
chant prince of Jacksonville. We hope